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By KATHLEEN LOFTUS
Capital News Service
LANSING – Children who are unprepared for kindergarten may be unable to catch up in later education. It’s hard to pin down what the estimated third of unprepared children lack when entering kindergarten, said Lindy Buch, director of early childhood and family services at the Department of Education.

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